/**
 * Copyright (C) 2008 GeoScheduler Team, as stated on <http://www.geoscheduler.org/authors>.
 * 
 * This file is part of GeoScheduler.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with GeoScheduler. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.geoscheduler.commons.msgs;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * 
 * <h2>Message</h2>
 * <p>
 * Message contract
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author lko
 */
public interface Message {
	/** @return enumeration type identifier of message */
	Enum<?> getType();

	/** @return {@link MessageSeverity} */
	MessageSeverity getSeverity();

	/** @return message rendered using default {@link Locale} */
	String getMessage();

	/** @return message rendered using <code>locale</code> */
	String getMessage(Locale locale);

	/**
	 * @return {@link List} of message parameters
	 */
	List<String> getParameters();
}